Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Plainview and Eyota, MN
David Lee Higgins
Aug 30, 2018
David Lee Higgins, 71, of Eyota passed away peacefully at St. Mary’s Hospital surrounded by family on Thursday August 30, 2018. David was born on April 4, 1947 to Lester and Inez (Nichols) Higgins. He has lived in Eyota his entire life graduating from Dover-Eyota High School in 1965. He married Dawn Raddatz on June 3, 1967. He was self-employed...
Glenn Allen Zell
Aug 23, 2018
Glenn Allen Zell of Plainview, MN passed away peacefully at his home on August 23, 2018. Glenn was born on August 28, 1939 to Allen and Margaret (Hoffman) Zell in Lake City. The family lived in Millville until they moved to Plainview in 1950. He attended Plainview High School and graduated in 1957. Shortly after graduation he enlisted in the...
Gladys L. Larson
Aug 22, 2018
Gladys L. Larson, 95, of Plainview passed away August 22, 2018 at Green Prairie Rehabilitation Center in Plainview. Gladys was born on May 31, 1923 to John and Mary (Jensen) Peters in Rochester, MN. She attended school in Rochester. On November 21, 1940 she married Earl A. Larson. They were blessed with 5 children. They farmed near Rock Dell and...
Dolores (Dee) Delaney
Jul 28, 2018
Dolores (Dee) Delaney was born January 26, 1932. She lived a full life of love and giving in her 86 years before passing on July 28, 2018. Dee was born and raised on a farm near Johnsburg, MN. She grew up with her parents, Paul and Bertha, and her two younger brothers Cliff and Chuck, who have all gone on...
George Richard Meyer
Jul 19, 2018
Gladys L. Larson, 95, of Plainview passed away August 22, 2018 at Green Prairie Rehabilitation Center in Plainview. Gladys was born on May 31, 1923 to John and Mary (Jensen) Peters in Rochester, MN. She attended school in Rochester. On November 21, 1940 she married Earl A. Larson. They were blessed with 5 children. They farmed near Rock Dell and...
Michael John Rathbun
Jul 19, 2018
Michael John Rathbun, age 54, passed away after a courageous battle with cancer on Thursday July 19th, 2018 with family by his side at his home in Plainview, MN. Mike, affectionately known by family and friends as Mikey or Big Mike, was born February 26th, 1964 in Rochester MN. Mike graduated from Chosen Valley High School in Chatfield MN in...
Helen A. Bates
Jul 15, 2018
Helen A. “Dolly” Bates, 90, passed away at Mayo Clinic Hospital, St. Mary’s Campus-Rochester, on Sunday, July 15, 2018. She was born at home in Fairmont, MN on June 1, 1928, to Edward and Agnes (Schmek) Wade. She graduated from Fairmont High School. She then attended nursing school at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester and received her Registered Nursing Degree....
Lucille J. Gruhlke
Jul 5, 2018
The funeral for Lucille J. Gruhlke will be at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, July 12 at Peace United Church of Christ in Rochester with Pastor Beth Rogers officiating. Burial will be at the Oak Hill Cemetery, Viola. Mrs. Gruhlke, 96, of Eyota, a homemaker, died July 5, 2018 at Samaritan Bethany in Rochester. Lucille J. Hammel was born May 17, 1922...
Kathleen Anne Mcfarland
Jun 13, 2018
Kathleen Anne McFarland, age 81, died peacefully at her home on the farm, Wednesday, June 13, 2018, near Elgin, Minnesota. Kathleen was born July 7, 1936 at rural Viola, Minnesota, daughter of Ruben and Anne Kriesel Bartz. Kathleen graduated from Elgin High School, class of 1954. Kathleen married Robert P. Culbertson, November 5, 1955 at Trinity Lutheran Church of Elgin,...
Juanita Kern
Jun 13, 2018
Juanita Kern, 92, of Plainview, died Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at Mayo Clinic Hospital St. Mary’s Campus in Rochester. She was born December 9, 1925 to Lewis and Genevieve (Porter) Wilson in St. Charles, Iowa. Juanita lived in several different areas of Iowa and Minnesota and then settled in Plainview in 1975. On November 10, 1951 she married Franklin Dickman...
Mary Frances Miller
Jun 7, 2018
Mary Frances Miller (Stender) was born November 16, 1937. Thursday June 7th, 2018, Mary Frances left the Golden Living Center in St. Charles to join God our Father, and her husband Ervin LeRoy Miller in heaven. Mary and Ervin were married in St. Johns in Wykoff, MN on August 19, 1955 and remained together until November 6, 2002 when he...
Charles Ebling
May 26, 2018
Charles A. Ebling, 96, died Saturday, May 26 at Chosen Valley Care Center in Chatfield. Charles was born April 27, 1922 in Wabasha County to Karl and Lillian (Tradup) Ebling. He served in the U.S. Army, during WWII in the European Theatre as a tank driver. He farmed all his life in Viola Township, first with his parents, then with...
Russell Hass
May 25, 2018
Russell Dean Hass, 83, passed away at his home surrounded by his family, on Friday May 25th. Russ was born June 20, 1934 in Freeborn County and grew up in Alden, MN. He met and married Gwen Honnold on February 25, 1961. He and Gwen recently celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary. Russ worked for 20 years as a painter at...
Ronald R. Laack
May 17, 2018
Ronald R. Laack, 76 of Plainview, died Wednesday, May 17 in Rochester, following a courageous battle with cancer. Ronald was born July 11, 1941 in Quincy Township, Olmsted County to Alvin and Helen (Haack) Laack. He attended school in Elgin and Plainview. Ronald worked many years with his brother David and his Service King Carpet and repair business. He was...
Donald E. Engler
May 2, 2018
Donald “Don” E. Engler of Elgin, passed away peacefully on May 2, 2018. Don was born on December 11, 1932 to Ervin and Adella (Kujath) Engler in Albert Lea. He attended schools in Marshall and Claremont and moved to Rochester to be close to Mayo Clinic due to his father’s stroke and subsequent death. Adella married Frank Passe and their...
Robert Edward Schnell Jr.
Apr 12, 2018
Robert Schnell, 92, died Thursday, April 12, surrounded by his loving family, at his home in rural Millville. Robert Edward Schnell Jr. was born June 11, 1925 to Robert E. and Elsie M. (Radtke) Schnell Sr. He was baptized by Pastor C.J. Murry on July 5, 1925. He confirmed the faith he was baptized in at Trinity Lutheran Church, Elgin...
Harriet
Apr 9, 2018
The funeral service for Harriet Baker is Saturday, May 19, 11:00 a.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Plainview with Rev. Phil Augustine officiating. Burial is at Greenwood Cemetery in Plainview. Visitation is one hour prior to the service at the church. Harriet Irene Baker, 79, died April 9, 2018 at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis. Harriet was born November...
Evelyn Ihrke
Apr 9, 2018
Evelyn Ihrke, age 94, long-time Eyota resident, died Monday, April 9, 2018 at Grand Village Lodge, Grand Rapids, MN. Evelyn Dorothea Emma (Reinecke) Ihrke was born November 20, 1923 to Walter and Eva (Beck) Reinecke, Quincy Township, Olmsted County. She was baptized on December 30, 1923 by Rev. John M. Munz at St. Paul’s Evangelical and Reformed Church, Viola Township. ...
Robert "Bob" Randall
Apr 3, 2018
Robert “Bob” Randall, 75 of Eyota, died Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at Arbor Gardens following an 8 month battle with lung cancer. Bob was born August 4, 1942 in Rochester to Elmer and Eileen (Ireland) Randall. He graduated from Dover-Eyota High School and then enlisted in the U.S. Air Force being stationed in Germany. Following his discharge in 1964 he...
Jerry T. Martin
Mar 29, 2018
Jerry Thomas Martin passed away on March 29, 2018 at St Therese of New Hope, New Hope, MN. He was born on November 6, 1934 in Plum City, Wisconsin. He graduated from Plum City High School as valedictorian and then attended the University of Wisconsin, River Falls. He enlisted in the US Army and served from 1954-1956, primarily in Germany....
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